Esther ST-MARTIN

Born

12 March 1828 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

19 February 1891 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Antoine ST-MARTIN Marie-Louise PELOQUIN

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Esther ST-MARTIN was born 12 March 1828 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Esther ST-MARTIN was the child of Antoine ST-MARTIN and Marie-Louise PELOQUIN

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine ST-MARTIN and Elisabeth LAVALLÉE (maternal) Joseph PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marie-Louise HUS MILLET

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Esther married Pierre HUS COURNOYER 28 October 1845 in Sorel, Canada East . Pierre HUS COURNOYER was born 26 September 1824 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre died October 1847 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre was the child of Joseph-Eliazar HUS COURNOYER and Louise LOISEAU dite CARDIN.

Esther married (2) Pierre HUS LEMOINE 19 October 1847 in Saint-Robert, Canada East . Pierre HUS LEMOINE was born 13 June 1825 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre died 15 July 1897 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Joseph HUS LEMOINE and Genevieve PLANTE.

Esther ST-MARTIN died 19 February 1891 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.

m. Pierre Hus Cournoyer, 29 October 1845, Sorel, Quebec
m. Pierre Hus Lemoine, 19 October 1847, St-Robert, Quebec

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Esther ST-MARTIN married

Pierre HUS COURNOYER
Marriage date: 28 October 1845
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Pierre HUS COURNOYER was the child of Joseph-Eliazar HUS COURNOYER and Louise LOISEAU dite CARDIN

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Esther ST-MARTIN married

Pierre HUS LEMOINE
Marriage date: 19 October 1847
Marriage place: Saint-Robert, Canada East
Pierre HUS LEMOINE was the child of Joseph HUS LEMOINE and Genevieve PLANTE

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1828 Birth
12 March 1828
Sorel, Lower Canada

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Esther ST-MARTIN and Pierre HUS COURNOYER 28 October 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 17 years old.

1847 Marriage / Partner
Esther ST-MARTIN and Pierre HUS LEMOINE 19 October 1847, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1847 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre HUS COURNOYER died October 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.